Contemporary Review
Her Last Affaire (1936)
Film Weekly, May 23 1936
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P.D.C.
A.
British, 77 mins
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Alan Herriot
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Hugh Williams
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Lady Avril Weyre
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Viola Keats
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Sir Julian Weyre
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Francis L. Sullivan
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Judy Weyre
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Sophie Stewart
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Sir Arthur Harding
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Cecil Parker
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Lord Carnforth
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Felix Aylmer
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Cobb
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John Laurie
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Doctor Rudd
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Elliot Makeham
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Effie
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Googie Withers
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Martin
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Gerrard Tyrell
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Boxall
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Shayle Gardner
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Inspector Marsh
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Henry Caine
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Directed by Michael Powell
Adapted from the play "S.O.S.", by Walter Ellis
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Beautifully photographed Society drama. The direction is slow and
the film contains far too much dialogue, but this is atoned for to
some extent by the good acting and the ingenious situations.
Moderate entertainment.
This is quite a good picture in many respects.
The settings are beautifully constructed and are in perfect harmony
with the varying moods of the film.
The story is quite ingenious, and it is only in the treatment
that the picture falls short.
The director has concentrated too much on the dialogue with
the result that the dramatic development is slow and rather
disjointed.
The story introduces Hugh Williams as the secretary of a famous
politician, Sir Julian Weyre. Hugh wants to marry his employer's
daughter (Sophie Stewart), but is prevented from doing so because
his father died under a cloud of scandal. The only person who
can clear his name is Sir Julian's wife (Viola Keats), and
Hugh takes her away for a week-end in the hope of getting a
confession.
It would be unfair to divulge the film's ingenious climax.
A thoroughly competent cast make the most of the dramatic situations.
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